History Film / AmericanSniper

** Your being to hard on her. Maybe she doesn't know what PTSD even ''is''. And Chris never talks to her, never opens up. He just acts distant..

* TheWarOnTerror: The time frame the movie is set in.

** [[spoiler: Later on, Kyle nails an enemy hoisting an RPG launcher. A boy next to him nearly finishes the job and Kyle nearly shoots him. The scene lasts longer than a minute for dramatic effect. But the child reconsiders and flees. Kyle's relieved.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Kyle and a friend os his were murdered by a fellow soldier also suffering from PTSD. However, many attend his funeral and honor him as a hero.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Kyle is murdered by a fellow soldier also suffering from PTSD. However, many attend his funeral and honor him as a hero.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Kyle is murdered by a fellow soldier also suffering from PTSD.]]

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Horrifically averted. Iraqi kids in this movie don't fare well.]]

** Kyle is frequently shown in the film as being uncomfortable with his status as a hero and being quite humble about his accomplishments. The real life Kyle was described by those who knew him as a braggart who also had a reputation for making up absurd stories about himself to seem such as claiming to have killed men who tried to steal his car, killed looters during Hurricane Katrina and even lied about his already impressive military record and how many medals he earned.

The movie was given a limited release on December 25 and a wide release on January 16. To the surprise of many, (including the film's director) the film went on to become a major runaway success at the box office. Going on to become the highest grossing war film of all time, and Eastwood's highest-grossing film to date. However, it also drew ''considerable'' controversy over it's depiction of both the Iraq war and Chris Kyle. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRbAXWfthtA here]].

-->'''Marine:''' Man, they got this one sniper that's been hitting headshots from 500 yards out. They call him "Mustafa", he's in the Olympics.\\

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Kyle's skills as a sniper, but the crowning moment is when he targets [[spoiler: Mustafa]], who is about 2100 yards away (about 1.3 miles!) and nails him.

---> "We looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets. Discussion that has nothing to do with vets or what we did or did not do, every conversation in those terms is moving farther and farther from what our soldiers go through, and the fact that 22 veterans commit suicide each day."

--> '''Kyle:''' The thing that... haunts me are all the guys that I couldn't save. Now I'm willing and able to... be there but I'm not, I'm here, I quit.
--> '''Navy Doctor:''' You can walk down any hall in this hospital. Looks like plenty soldiers need saving.

The movie had a limited release on December 25 with other theaters showing it on January 16. The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRbAXWfthtA here]].

** During Kyle's first tour in Iraq, he uses a SOCOM [=MK13=], based off the Remington Model 700, chambered in 300 Winchester Magnum. It's tricked out with a [[GunAccessories Nightforce NXS scope, harris bipod, MIRS night vision rail, Knight's Armament M110 supressor and is sitting in a McMillan A2 stock.]]

** Kyle and many of his fellow [=SEAL=]s use tan-painted Mk 18 Mod 0 CQB carbines with ''lots'' accessories.

** The Mk 48 Mod 0 is used by Kyle's fellow Navy [=SEAL=]s "Biggles" and Marc Lee.
** At least on Marine can be seen using a [=M249=] SAW.

** The Mk 12 Mod 1 Special Purpose Rifle shows up in the hands of some [=SEAL=]'s throughout the movie.

* SamaritanSyndrome: Despite Taya telling him that he's already sacrificed enough for his country and his family needs him, Kyle keeps going back to fight in Iraq because his buddies' lives depend on his unique skills. If he isn't there, more of them will die, and despite saving so many lives he blames himself for every death he fails to prevent.
--> '''Kyle:''' The thing that... haunts me are all the guys that I couldn't save. Now I'm willing and able to... be there but I'm not, I'm here, I quit.
--> '''Navy Doctor:''' You can walk down any hall in this hospital. Looks like plenty soldiers need saving.

* InterserviceRivalry: Very notably averted. Both Kyle and his fellow SEAL's work side by side with the Marine's on a daily basis and there is never the slightest hint of animosity between the two branches. In fact, the Marine's are glad to have Kyle and his boys watching there back.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After one of Kyle's [[spoiler:fellow SEALs is grievously wounded by Mustafa]], Kyle and the rest of his equally livid platoon decide to go back into town for some "''payback''". Major Ass-kicking ensues.

* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Kyle is part of the US Navy [=SEALs=].

* SemperFi: The US Marines in Fallujah.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In a milder tone, the first Marine partner with Kyle is more {{Jerkass}}y than he is in the book.

* ArrowCam: [[spoiler: When Chris shoots Mustafa.]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome:

* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Kyle stumbles upon a room where men are being experienced to this while hunting for the "Butcher".]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: During the first mention of Mustafa

* {{Cowboy}}: Chris Kyle was this before joining up with the Navy [=SEALs=].

** Kyle, in-story. Al-Qaeda in Iraq offered a large prize to anyone who managed to kill him.
** "Mustafa", a [[spoiler:Syrian]] Olympic-medal winning sniper who works for the Taliban.
** "The Butcher", an al-Qaeda enforcer [[spoiler:whose tool of choice is a power drill.]]

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Kyle dies at the end.]]

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Kyle's skills as a sniper, but the moment is when he targets [[spoiler: Mustafa]], who is about 2100 yards away (about 1.3 miles!) and nails him.

* NotSoDifferent: Mustafa to Kyle. Both are expert marksman, both serve for a cause (U.S. for Kyle, al-Qaeda for Mustafa), both are actively hunting each other and, as a scene shows, both have a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wife and child back at home]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: Kyle when he returns from Iraq, due largely to his [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to save everyone he feels he could have]]. After leaving the [=SEALs=], he makes it a personal mission to help fellow veterans who suffer from PTSD.

** The trailer shows two scenes where Kyle is faced with this prospect, as children take up [=RPG's=] and grenades against US troops.

* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Mustafa, from a rumor to TheDragon.
** In a milder tone, the first Marine partner with Kyle is more {{Jerkass}}y than he is in the book.

* CaliforniaDoubling: For Iraq, and Texas. An abandoned milk factory was used for scenes set in Fallujah.

''American Sniper'' (2014) is a war movie directed by Creator/ClintEastwood and starring Creator/BradleyCooper and Sienna Miller.

*** Same for Marc Lee, in the film he appears during Kyle's first tour in Iraq, but he wasn't part of Kyle's team until his third tour according to the book.

* {{Badass}}: Chris Kyle himself, having 160 confirmed kills to his name, out of 255 probable.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Chris himself. The film depicts him as a struggling and deeply broken individual over his actions. The real Chris Kyle on the other hand openly enjoyed what he was doing and showed some very disturbing sociopathic behaviour.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Chris himself. The film depicts him as a struggling and deeply broken individual over his actions. The real Chris Kyle on the other hand openly enjoyed what he was doing and showed some very disturbing sociopathic behaviour.

* GunPorn: It's a war film, so it's almost a given that this trope is in play. One such example come up when Chris and his squad is inside a man's house and they find [[http://www.imfdb.org/images/9/9f/Americansniper-tabuk-1.jpg this stash]].